Recipe

Mandoca

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Venezolana Origin

Recipe

Mandoca

Venezolana Origin

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ cup of Juana® corn meal  
  • 1 large yellow ripe plantain  
  • 8 ounces of queso fresco  
  • ½ cup of brown sugar  
  • ½ cup of hot water 

Preparation

  1. Crumble the cheese into small pieces. 
  2. Peel and boil the plantain for 10 minutes until tender. 
  3. Place plantain, queso fresco, Juana® corn meal and brown sugar into food processor.  Pulse to form a rough dough.    
  4. With the processor running, steam in hot water.  
  5. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and spray a light coating of nonstick spray.  
  6. Fill piping bag with dough and cut the tip.  
  7. Pipe dough into logs, bringing them together at the ends to form a ribbon bow shape, place the sheet in freezer. 
  8. Heat oil to 350°F. 
  9. Drop shaped dough into oil and fry for about 5 minutes.